Biomaterials and Regenerative Engineering Laboratory BIREL
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Grants / Awards
Grants:
2027-2029 Effective Treatment of Infectious War Wounds: A combinatorial oxygen-carrying nanobubble delivery and therapeutics-incorporated nanofiber dressing (OCNAD-TINAD), Grant No NATO SPS G9085, NATO Partner Director: C. Erisken, NATO Member Director: Kemal Arda (EUR270K/3yr).
2025-2027 Performance Evaluation of Osteochondral Grafts Including a Tidemark Component for Osteochondral Regeneration in a Minipig Full Thickness Injury Model, Ministry of Science and Higher Education Competitive Grant, Grant No AP26195607, PI: C. Erisken ($250K/3yr). Top 3 score in the country in Life and Health Sciences category.
2021-2023 Performance Evaluation of Nanofiber Grafts with Bimodal and Unimodal Fiber Diameter Distribution for ACL Reconstruction Surgery in a Rat Model, Nazarbayev University Competitive Grant, Grant No 021220FD1951, PI: C. Erisken ($150K/3yr).
2018-2020 Fibrochondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells through chemical stimulation, Nazarbayev University Competitive Grant, Grant No 090118FD5325, PI: C. Erisken ($100K/2yr).
2019-2020 Investigation of collagen fiber diameter in cow/bovine Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Nazarbayev University Social Policy Grant, SPG2019, PI: C. Erisken ($10K/yr).
2017-2020 Biological regeneration of osteochondral defect in a rabbit knee model using cell recruitment approach, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Grant No 116M321, PI: C. Erisken ($100K/3yr). Declined due to change of duty station to another country.
2014-2016 Design and fabrication of biomimetic scaffolds for tendon-bone interface regeneration, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Grant No: 115C001, PI: C. Erisken ($5K).
2012-2014 Tracking stem cells in engineered tissue and organs in vivo and in real time, National Institutes of Health, USA, Grant No: GG005340-01, PI: Jeremy Mao (Columbia University), Researcher: C. Erisken.
2012-2014 Engineering of Vascularized Bone, National Institutes of Health, USA, Grant No: GG005421-01, PI: Jeremy Mao (Columbia University), Researcher: C. Erisken.
2008-2012 Nanofiber scaffolds for interface tissue engineering, National Institutes of Health, USA, Grant No: AR052402, PI: Helen H. Lu (Columbia University), Researcher: C. Erisken.
2025-2027 Performance Evaluation of Osteochondral Grafts Including a Tidemark Component for Osteochondral Regeneration in a Minipig Full Thickness Injury Model, Ministry of Science and Higher Education Competitive Grant, Grant No AP26195607, PI: C. Erisken ($250K/3yr). Top 3 score in the country in Life and Health Sciences category.
2021-2023 Performance Evaluation of Nanofiber Grafts with Bimodal and Unimodal Fiber Diameter Distribution for ACL Reconstruction Surgery in a Rat Model, Nazarbayev University Competitive Grant, Grant No 021220FD1951, PI: C. Erisken ($150K/3yr).
2018-2020 Fibrochondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells through chemical stimulation, Nazarbayev University Competitive Grant, Grant No 090118FD5325, PI: C. Erisken ($100K/2yr).
2019-2020 Investigation of collagen fiber diameter in cow/bovine Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Nazarbayev University Social Policy Grant, SPG2019, PI: C. Erisken ($10K/yr).
2017-2020 Biological regeneration of osteochondral defect in a rabbit knee model using cell recruitment approach, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Grant No 116M321, PI: C. Erisken ($100K/3yr). Declined due to change of duty station to another country.
2014-2016 Design and fabrication of biomimetic scaffolds for tendon-bone interface regeneration, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Grant No: 115C001, PI: C. Erisken ($5K).
2012-2014 Tracking stem cells in engineered tissue and organs in vivo and in real time, National Institutes of Health, USA, Grant No: GG005340-01, PI: Jeremy Mao (Columbia University), Researcher: C. Erisken.
2012-2014 Engineering of Vascularized Bone, National Institutes of Health, USA, Grant No: GG005421-01, PI: Jeremy Mao (Columbia University), Researcher: C. Erisken.
2008-2012 Nanofiber scaffolds for interface tissue engineering, National Institutes of Health, USA, Grant No: AR052402, PI: Helen H. Lu (Columbia University), Researcher: C. Erisken.
Honors and Awards:
2018-2020
Invited expert evaluator and rapporteur in Brussels for NMBP-22- 2018: Osteoarticular tissues regeneration (RIA), a topic within Horizon 2020 program.
2017
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express: 2017 Reviewer Awards. (https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/biomedical-physics-engineering-express-2017-reviewer-awards/)
2016
2016 Journal of Endodontics Awards: Honorable Mention as the corresponding-author of the article “Viscoelastic properties of dental pulp tissue and ramifications on biomaterial development for pulp regeneration” Journal of Endodontics 2015, 41(10): 1711-1717. (https://www.aae.org/specialty/2016/03/18/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2016-joe-awards/)
2009
Davis Memorial Award for Research Excellence at Stevens Institute of Technology for the development of a novel extrusion/electrospinning technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
2008
Ph.D. Achievement Award of Excellence by Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
2005
Ph.D. Scholarship by Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
2004
European Commission (Jean Monnet) award for a Master’s degree in the Department of Economics at City University of London, UK
Invited expert evaluator and rapporteur in Brussels for NMBP-22- 2018: Osteoarticular tissues regeneration (RIA), a topic within Horizon 2020 program.
2017
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express: 2017 Reviewer Awards. (https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/biomedical-physics-engineering-express-2017-reviewer-awards/)
2016
2016 Journal of Endodontics Awards: Honorable Mention as the corresponding-author of the article “Viscoelastic properties of dental pulp tissue and ramifications on biomaterial development for pulp regeneration” Journal of Endodontics 2015, 41(10): 1711-1717. (https://www.aae.org/specialty/2016/03/18/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2016-joe-awards/)
2009
Davis Memorial Award for Research Excellence at Stevens Institute of Technology for the development of a novel extrusion/electrospinning technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
2008
Ph.D. Achievement Award of Excellence by Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
2005
Ph.D. Scholarship by Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
2004
European Commission (Jean Monnet) award for a Master’s degree in the Department of Economics at City University of London, UK